Business Traveller Middle East — October-November 2017

The St Regis

Dubai,

W Dubai,

Westin Dubai Al

Habtoor City

JW Marriott Marquis

Hotel Dubai Taj Dubai

The Oberoi

Dubai

Langham Place

by Omniyat

Scheduled

opening 2020

The Opus

Scheduled

opening 2018

DoubleTree by

Hilton Dubai

Business Bay

Damac Towers by Paramount

Hotels & Resorts

Scheduled opening 2018

Kempinski Residences

Business Bay

Scheduled opening

Q4 2019

Radisson Blu Hotel,

Dubai Waterfront

Scheduled opening

November

Renaissance Downtown

Hotel Dubai

Scheduled opening

mid-October

Steigenberger

Hotel Business Bay

Business Bay will include a 200-room luxury hotel, 350

serviced apartments and 290 residences. Architectural

and engineering firm Atkins Global, designer of Burj

Al Arab, is overseeing its design.

LANGHAM PLACE BY OMNIYAT

Scheduled opening 2020

One of the ‘next wave’ launches, the Hong Kong

operator and Omniyat are busying working on a

two-in-one with an 167-room hotel complemented

by 271 serviced apartments (pictured). Langham is

one of a number of high-end brands making the

journey from local obscurity to city-wide recognition

with The Langham Palm Jumeirah also on the anvil

• much like the path Four Seasons created, and
  Mandarin Oriental will follow suit too – although we
  await development updates on the resort. n

HOTELIERS MUST ‘RAISE

THEIR GAME’ AS SUPPLY

RISES IN CENTRAL DUBAI

Bill Keffer, General Manager of JW Marriott

Marquis Dubai, says: “I think we are

conscious of the new competition as we

have been following the hotel growth plans

for Dubai for the last four-to-five years,

particularly with Dubai being awarded

EXPO 2020. I believe that competition

is good and helps bring out the best in

operators; you have to raise your game to

rise above

the crowd.

The rates at

this time are

very dynamic

and market-

driven and

it’s up to

the hotel

operators

to fine

tune their

businesses

with the

new market

conditions.”

HOTELS IN BUSINESS BAY

26 I Business Bay